Machine for cutting and ripping seams



(No Model.)

P. BASGH.

MACHINE FOR CUTTING AND. RIPPING SBAMS.

Nd. 271,019. Patented Jan'.23, 1883. 1 g. z.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. FRANK BASGH, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

MACHINE FOR CUTTING AND RIPPING SEAMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,019, dated January 23, 1883,

Application filed November 15, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, FRANK BASOH, of Golumbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Cutting the Seams in Old Garments; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it per tains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompyaningdrawings, which form part of this specificatiom' My invention relates to an improvement in machines for cutting and ripping seams, to be used in the manufacture of shoddy; and it consists in the combination of a pair of shears or other similar cutting device, which is secured to the edge of the table, with a lever which is attached to or formed upon one of the jaws of the shears, a connecting-rod which is attached at its lower end to a treadle, and a connecting-rod which connects the treadle or operating-lever with the driving wheel or shait, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to provide a machine by means of which the seams in old garments that are to be used in the manufacture of shoddy can be ripped, and by which the lining, which is usually sewed in the seams, can be removed much more easily and rapidly than can be done by hand. Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same. A represents a suitable frame or table, to one edge of which is secured thejaw B of the shears. This jaw B is secured to the edge of the table by having a suitable projection, G, secured on the edge of the table for the hole in the end of the handle to catch over, and a screw or bolt is then passed through the cutting end of the jaw into the table. In this position the jaw is rigidly held in a line parallel with the edge of the table, and either in close contact therewith or moved outward from it to any suitable distance. The second jaw, F, is pivoted upon the stationary jaw, and has its inner end extending beyond the end of the stationary jaw a suitable distance; or this jaw may have a lever, G, secured to it for the purpose of obtaining a greater leverage.

To the outer end of this lever G is pivoted the connecting-rod H, which rod has its lower end loosely connected to the outer end of the treadle I. This treadle I is journaled upon the rod J, which extends lengthwise of the machine, and which treadle is operated by means of the connecting-rod L, which is fastened at its upper end to the wrist-pin upon the driving or balance wheel P. By making this wrist-pin adjustable in the wheel a longer or shorter stroke can be given to the shears, as may be preferred. The treadle may be'operated either by means of power or by foot; but in either case the fly-wheel will be given a continuous rotary motion, so as to give the shears a steady and even. cut.

The garments to be deseamed have the seams drawn over the stationaryjaw of the shears, and the movable jaw then descends and cuts the thread and scams from the garments, and at the same time releases the lining which is sewed in the seams.

By means of the construction above described old garments which are to be prepared for the manufacture of shoddy can be ripped and deseamed with great ease and rapidity, as compared with the slow method 0 cutting the seams with hand-shears.

The movable jawv of the shears is prevented from springing by means of a guide-rod, R, which is secured to the table, and which bears against the outer side of the jaw the entire length of its stroke.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim- 1. The combination of a suitable frame, the

FRANK BA'soH.

Witnesses:

J. F. HOFFMAN, J. S. GOLD. 

